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sale among the party. On reaching Kendal there was a deten- 
tion of more than half an hour, during which some of the party 
visited the town. Afterwards the party went to the Windermere 
station, where a cart, sent from Ambleside, was ready for the 
luggage. Some of the party walked, others rode, and others 
went by boat to Ambleside. 
On the way there was gathered abundance of :— 
Sanguisorba officinalis Stachys Betonica 
Lactuca muralis 
Reached Donaldson’s Salutation Hotel about Io p.m. 
Excellent arrangements made for the tea-dinner and for beds, so 
that all were well accommodated. 
Friday, 22nd July 1853. 
Some of the party were up this morning at 4.30 am. and 
visited Stock Gill. Fine waterfall. 
The plants picked were :— 
Impatiens Noli-me-tangere | Scolopendrium vulgare 
Campanula latifolia Polystichum aculeatum 
Festuca sylvatica Polypodium Dryopteris 
Hymenophyllum Wilsoni e Phegopteris 
The morning was misty and wet, the atmosphere being close 
and warm. After breakfast and paying the bill, amounting to 
5s. 6d. each, 39 of the party started for Rydal. Six remained— 
Graham, Badre, Tuke, Roberts, Lawson, and Landall; they took 
boats, and resolved to come to Patterdale by coach. 
The walking party proceeded to Rydal, picking on the way :— 
Meconopsis cambrica Sedum album 
Tilia parvifolia | 
Sedum Telephium 
»  reflexum 
Sempervivum tectorum 
_ Visited Rydal Waterfall and Rydal Mount, and gathered :— 
Carpinus Betulus | Lastrea Oreopteris 
Quercus sessiliflora 
and a variety of Lastrea Filiomes with singularly contorted 
fronds. 
In Rydal Lake :— 
_Nuphar luteum Lobelia Dortmanna | 
_ Nymphezea alba | Potamogeton natans | 
Myriophyllum spicatum = oblongus 
